OF

PUBLIC LIBRARIES,

INSTITUTIONS, AND SOCIETIES,

IN THE

UNITED STATES,

AND

BRITISH PROVINCES OF NORTH AMERICA.

BY WILLIAM J. RHEES,

CHIEF CLERK OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

PHILADELPHIA:

J. B. LIPPINCOTT & Co.

258. h.12

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859,

BY WILLIAM J. RHEES,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Columbia.

C. SHERMAN & SON, PRINTERS,

Corner Seventh and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia.

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